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Poll: Democrat Leads Senate Race in IL
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic Senate
candidate Barack Obama
holds a commanding lead over his opponent with five months remaining until
the November election, according to a poll released Monday.
Obama is
supported by 52% of the state's registered voters while 30% favor Republican Jack Ryan, according to the first statewide
Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll since the two won their primaries in
March.
Both men are vying to replace Sen. Peter Fitzgerald,
a Republican who decided not to seek re-election, citing a desire to spend
more time with his family.
Twenty-five percent of voters surveyed for the poll
viewed Ryan unfavorably, while Obama had an
unfavorable rating of 9%.
Obama, who
is black, also was found to have the support of 91% of black voters to just
4% for Ryan.
Ryan's campaign has been dogged by negative
publicity concerning a video camera-toting aide who shadowed Obama's campaign. Ryan, a millionaire investment
banker-turned-teacher, also faces the potential release of sealed court
records from his divorce from actress Jeri Ryan.
The poll, conducted May 21-24, involved 600
registered Illinois
voters and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage
points.
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